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[crossposted to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.robotics.logo;
followups set to lugnet.robotics.logo]
In lugnet.robotics.logo, Patricia Schempp writes:
> I might be being silly here...but is this logo the same logo I used on
> my Apple IIe to make silly pictures in 1980?
There are actually many dialects of Logo (which some say is itself a dialect
of Lisp). Some of these implementations are heavily display-screen-based
like the one you probably used in 1980 on the Apple //e, and others are more
robotics-focused (for hobby/enthusiast as well as educational uses).
Logo got sort of a bad reputation, unfortunately, during the 80's, and
labeled as a "kids" programming language. But it is actually an extremely
powerful language (just as Lisp is) which just happens to be easy for
children to learn (but that's actually by design :-).
The Logo Foundation...
http://el.www.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/
has an excellent "What is Logo?" page...
http://el.www.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/Logo/Logo.html
which gives a history of Logo, a FAQ, and links to zillions of other Logo
resources, including information on LEGO/Logo (a system specially designed
for linking Logo with LEGO):
http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/legologo/
The version of the comp.lang.logo FAQ linked to from the "What is Logo?"
page mentions the availability of LEGO/Logo from LEGO DACTA, which several
people here on the net have had experiences with.
There has been a surprising amount of interest in Logo as it relates to LEGO
robotics over the past few months. The following search...
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?q=logo
...turns up quite a bit of interesting material, including:
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=3264
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=1981
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=2466
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=5016
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=225
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=942
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=111
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=3508
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=974
--Todd
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